Ulrich Siegmund, the lead candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany party in the upcoming regional election in Saxony-Anhalt, has told DW he wants to create a "domino effect" with a "historic" victory.
According to the latest polls, the AfD is on course to win the election in the eastern state in September, and could even govern alone.
"There's a real sense of optimism here in Saxony-Anhalt. It's a wonderful feeling. We want nothing more and nothing less than to make history. We're making the first AfD-led government in all of Germany a reality here in Saxony-Anhalt," 35-year-old Siegmund told DW in an interview at the state parliament in Magdeburg.
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AfD in Saxony-Anhalt labeled as 'extremist'
